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MattnSTL wrote:There is a big F*CK on the banner.

DeBaliviere wrote:It would be nice if they could get this building cleaned up for the All-Star Game next summer - lots of media folks will be in town.

Word is that they will be getting the facade cleaned and windows in place while still developing the final interior plans.

If you are going to tag such prime real estate, wouldn't you want to come up with something original? painting F*CK is so....... 7th grade, for lack of a better phrase....

Good Point

still pretty creepy at night.....most of the bums are gone though, just the guy who lives in the loading dock area left..

thechariot wrote:still pretty creepy at night.....most of the bums are gone though, just the guy who lives in the loading dock area left..

Damn gentrification.

slightly off topic but who is the numb nuts that's been taggin NUKS all over the place , at first I thought it was "No Nukes" and I was transported back to 1983.



Anyways I'd like to fill a pillow case with bars of soap and beat that guy.

southsidepride wrote:slightly off topic but who is the numb nuts that's been taggin NUKS all over the place , at first I thought it was "No Nukes" and I was transported back to 1983.



Anyways I'd like to fill a pillow case with bars of soap and beat that guy.

names nuks, hes been alot of places. think he finally gave up on tagging.

krykel wrote:What about the guy that keeps tagging "Forgive Yourself" all over town? If you haven't noticed it before you will now.

ed boxxx, red fox, rex ramm, all the same guy. he tags get up get god 4give yoself and then ed box. rumored to have died, but i dont think its true ive seen new paint of his. kids a douche.

thechariot wrote:

krykel wrote:What about the guy that keeps tagging "Forgive Yourself" all over town? If you haven't noticed it before you will now.

ed boxxx, red fox, rex ramm, all the same guy. he tags get up get god 4give yoself and then ed box. rumored to have died, but i dont think its true ive seen new paint of his.

You forgot bed box and bed boxx. Saw that he got the bus shelter at Kingshighway and Arsenal recently.

thechariot wrote:kids a douche.

That goes without saying.

It boggles my mind that no one has caught this kid in the act, as busy as he is... It's not like his tags are in discreet locations. Makes me want to keep my pellet gun in the back of my jeep just in case I happen to see him....

It can't possibly all be the same person.

jlblues wrote:It can't possibly all be the same person.

it is. look for obces (obsess) hes been 10x more places than box, and is really good at what he does in my own opinion ( I AM NOT CONDONING TAGGING IN ANY WAY)

You've gotta feel sorry for a guy with nothing better to do with his life than run around town vandalizing other people's property.

Framer wrote:You've gotta feel sorry for a guy with nothing better to do with his life than run around town vandalizing other people's property.

meh, i dont feel sorry for most of these guys, its better than causing REAL crime.

Banner's gone.....

Thanks to vandals.

Pics taken from the Top of the Riverfront restaurant in the Milleneum this past Sunday (08/17/08):



















-RBB

Great pics. They really make it easy to see how 55/70 severed this part of town and left it to rot. On the other hand, what a great clump of buildings.

I don't think I've ever walked through that neighborhood. RBB's pics are giving me the urge to get down there and explore.

Framer wrote:I don't think I've ever walked through that neighborhood. RBB's pics are giving me the urge to get down there and explore.

its nothing really worth exploring. theres the powell square building and lots of bums. some good climbing around there though...

yeah that area's pretty emptied out. there's a cool looking Catholic church that I think gets limited use still. I use Chouteau's Landing as shortcut on my bike to get from Soulard to the Arch grounds and downtown

My guess is that since they are having a difficult time renting out the units that make up the "Historic 4th Street District" it may take some time to get this neighborhood moving. They have a good selection of commercial space and artist studios that, from what I can tell, are pretty much empty. They probably can't move to the next phase until this one is complete; kicking out that bar certainly doesn't help.



This neighborhood has such great potential and redevelopment will go along way in improving the Riverfront. I imagine a great well traveled spine connecting Chouteau's Landing, The Arch grounds, and Laclede's Landing.



Getting the Arts Center moving will surely help out significantly in this redevelopment project. Any updates? I've heard so many things about when construction is going to start I don't know what to believe.